⚠ Site currently under repair ⚠

Search Issues: Update 2026-08-06

Some of our more complex, multi-field searches (such as the search field on our homepage and Search All Fields) are currently under repair and may not work as expected.

Thank you to all our users who emailed to alert us to the problem! We hope to have it repaired soon.

Meanwhile, elements of the Advanced Search are working and the Alphabetical Listings are working, too.

huatzalli.

Headword: 
huatzalli.
Principal English Translation: 

something dried (see hicox huatzalli, dried figs) or rinsed (see Müller);
or, something tied very tightly (see Orozco y Berra)

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

huatzalli; enjuagado
Frank C. Müller, Lista de palabras, Wiktionary.

Huatzal = atado ó amarrado muy fuertemente
Manuel Orozco y Berra, Historia antigua y de la conquista de México: 1.pte., 1880, 468.

See also: 
hicox huatzalli.